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THIRTY-THIRD YEAR
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R. L. POLK & CO.'S INDIANAPOLIS CITY DIRECTORY
'REGISTERED 1899.
FOR
ASSOCIATIOF AMERICAN PRO BONO 3 PUBLICO ORGAN
1898
1909
DIRECTORY
PUBLISHERS
EMBRACES A COMPLETE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BUSINESS FIRMS, PRIVATE CITIZENS, A DIRECTORY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OFFICERS, CHURCHES AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BENEVOLENT, LITERARY AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS, INDIANA STATE GOVERNMENT, ETC. WITH COMPLETE STREET GUIDE OF THE CITY AND SUBURBS ; ALSO
A CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY
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Entered According to Act of Congress in the Year 1909, by R. L. Polk & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C.
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INDIANAPOLIS
THE HOLLENBECK PRESS, INDIANAPOLIS
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1909
Indianapolis City Directory
1909
The fifty-fifth volume of the Indianapolis City Directory is herewith presented to its patrons and the public.
This Directory contains 96,060 names, and, on the basis of 2 1-2 inhabitants to each name, we estimate the population embraced in the territory covered by the Direc- tory at 240, 150, showing an increase over 1908 of 4,190.
We desire to thank our many patrons for their contin- ued support, and the public generally for the courteous treatment extended our canvassers. B42047
R. L. POLK & CO
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page.
Abbreviations 155
Additions and Removals.
154
Libraries
129
Asylums, Hospitals, etc.
116
Medical
and
Dental
Colleges
and
Bands of Music ..
134
Societies
129
Banks and Trust Companies.
117
Military
129
Board of School Commissioners. 112
Builders' Exchange.
118
Building Associations 118
Cemeteries 119
Musical Societies 134
Newspapers
135
Police Department. 115
Post Office ..
136
Public Buildings, Halls, etc.
138-
County Officers
116
Public Parks
143
Public Schools 145
143
Fire Department. 112
Schools
Secret and Benevolent Organizations. 146.
Special Advertising Department.
1447
Street and Avenue Guide.
79
Street Railway Routes.
77
Street Railways.
144
Township Officers
116
Trust
Companies.
117
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page.
Abel & Doyle ...
16
Adams Joseph R. 1597
Aetna Cabinet Co. 1453
Aetna Press The. .opp 161
Ahlrich H F Co ..
1605
Aldag Paint and Varnish Co The ..
1601
Burford . Wm B.
Alexander Ora J.
.1479
opp 299
Butler College.
opp 307
Allison James A
1544 and 1606
Allison W D Co.
1612
American Bonding Co.
.right bottom cor cards and 1499
American Central Life Insurance Co
embossed line front cover and opp 172 Anheuser-Busch Brewing Assn ... 16
Association
of
American
Directory
Publishers.
. back fly leaf
Atkins E C & Co.
front cover
Auch Charles .. 1577
Balke & Krause Co ..
.left top lines
Barbee Wire and Iron Works.
. back cover, 12, 1591 and 1614
Barmann Cabinet C'o
1453
Barton W E ..
... right bottom cor cards and 1499
Bass W H Photo Co.
opp 1606
Bates Charles Edgar
1486
Bates Coal Co The.
1515
Bauer H C Engraving Co The.
Bee Hive Paper Box Co.
.right side lines
Bee Hive Trunk Factory
Bell Thompson R .. right top cor cards
Bernd Bros Co The. 1509
1603
Bernd Peter & Son .. 1482
Bertermann Bros Co ...... right top lines
Bingham's Samuel Son Mnfg Co ..
1617
Blakley Granite Co ..
1587
Bradford & Hood ..
1603
Brannum-Keene Lumber Co 1472
Brinker & Habeney
1501
Bruce James P ....
1491
Bryant "The Wrecker"
...
.. . left top cor cards and 1651
Buchanan Joseph W
1509
Capital City Tile Co.
1643
Capital National Bank
. back bone, opp 319 and 1452
Cassady Arthur B ...
1539
Central Business College. .... front cover, 6 and 1456 Central Rubber and Supply Co The ..
opp 334
Central Union Telephone Co. . front cover
Chandler Henry C. .
1540
Chief Manufacturing Co. 1474 Cobb Geo M & Co .... back cover and 1468
Cohea's Affiliated Publications
.1616
College of Musical Art. opp 362 Columbia National Bank.
..... right top cor cards and opp 365
Commercial Law and Adjustment Co.1449
Connell Thomas Co
.1614
Cornelius Henry D
1521
Corona Supply Co
1593
Craig Charles W
1460
Dalton Lumber Co
left side lines
Davis Chas G & Sons
1597
Davis Joseph ..
1568
Miscellaneous Information ..
110
Miscellaneous Societies and Organiza-
tions
130
Churches and Sunday Schools. 119
City Officials ..
111
Classified Business Directory. 1483
Clubs
124
125
Railroads
144
Flats and Apartment Houses 138
Foreign Consuls.
126
General Directory 155
Hospitals
116
Indiana State Government. 110
Insurance
126
Interurban Lines. 144
Page.
Labor Organizations
127
Courts
Federal Officers. 126
Page.
Byfield Charles H.
1486
Cadillac- Company of Indiana. 1450
Campbell Circular Advertising Co.
.1513
1602
Day Thos C & Co.
... right top cor card's and opp 1576
Dean Bros Steam Pump Works ....
3
De Haven Wall Paper Co ...
left bottom lines
69
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS.
Dell Frank M ...
Page.
left top lines
Denges Henry W 1615
Denman J H C ... 1570
Diener Aug & Sons.
... front stencil edge and opp 1587
Dillan F E Miss ..
1638
Dolmetsch E C Co The. ... left bottom cor cards Dunlap Elmer E. .1487
Eaglesfield Co The .... right top cor cards
Eastman Garment Cleaning Co.
.1534
Eberhardt & Co ..
.1490
Efroymson & Wolf.
5
Electric Contracting Co.
1464
English Woolen Co ...
1585
Enterprise Foundry and Fence Co.
. left side lines
Eureka Ice Cream Cone C
1558
Evans, Wilkens & Co
1604
Evans Wm R.
1636
Evard J E ..
left side lines
Fairbanks, Morse & Co
1539
Farmers Trust Co.
left side lines
Fatout Hervey B.
1513
Fertig & Kevers. 1596
Flanner & Buchanan
1546
Fleischman Joseph.
1644
Fletcher National Bank. opp 509
Fletcher's Dr W B Sanatorium ... opp 510
Fleury Louis A jr.
.1535
Florea P S.
1484
Fort R P ..
1644
Foster Lumber Co 1613
Foster Robert R ...
1478
Francis Pharmacy Co The.
right side lines
Freeman Charles E.
1449
French Steam Dye Works
.top stencil end and 1463
Frye Wm C.
1556
Fulmer-Cornelius Press The
1617
Gardner Joseph. . .left top cor cards Garstang Fuel Co. . left bottom cor cards Gates F E Co Agency. .1643
Geiger & Peters .. 10
German American Trust Co.
.. left top cor cards and 1637 Gill & Greenen .... right bottom cor cards Gillman Mnfg Co The. .1633
Gioscio G & Co.
1526
Goodwin Harry E
1510
Gottlieb L Silo.
1571
Grah Charles G.
1454
Grindle Alfred. 1487
Haines C B & Co. .right bottom lines
Hall & Hill ... . backbone and 1467 Hamilton Storage Co The ..
right side lines
Hamilton Wm M.
1638 and 1645
right bottom lines, 1587, 1626, 1636, 1638 and. .1651 Hogan Transfer and Storage Co .. .1639 and 1645 Hogan Wrecking and Salvage Co .... .1639 and 1651 Hollenbeck Press The. opp 670 Holloran M & Co. 1458 Honie Brewing Co The
Home Stove Co. right bottom lines
5 Horton Charles W 1506
Horton Lewis P
1562
Howard Beverly
1495
Humphreys & Sargent.
.1624
Hunnicutt E N Coal Co.
1516
Illinois Surety Co ..
.left bottom cor cards and 1469
Page. Indiana Bank Furniture and Mnfg Co
.left bottom lines and 7 Indiana-Boston School of Expression and Dramatic Art of Indpls. .1462 Indiana Business College ... .front cover, 6 and 1456
Indiana Carriage and Automobile Co.1489 Indiana Dental College .. .opp 704 Indiana Electrotpye Co .... left side lines Indiana Law School .. ... opp 704 Indiana Paving Brick and Block Co .. 1455 Indiana State Fire Insurance Co .... .right bottom cor cards
Indianapolis Brewing Co. . right top lines Indianapolis Business University ..... .right bottom lines and 4 Indianapolis Calcium Light Film Ex- change Co .. 1504 Indianapolis Coal Co.
.. left bottom cor cards, 1459 and 1515
Indianapolis College of Law ..
.right bottom lines and
4
Indianapolis Conservatory of Music ..
opp 708
Indianapolis Cordial Co.
1650
Indianapolis Corrugating Co
.right side lines
Indianapolis Engraving and Electro-
typeing Co
.opp 1539
.Indianapolis Manufacturers and Car-
penters Union.
2
Indianapolis Mortar and Fuel Co ..
.left bottom cor
cards
Indianapolis Motor Car Co ...
.1451
Indianapolis National Supply Co ..
.left top lines
Indianapolis Paint and Color
Co ... . 1476
Indianapolis Photo Button Co ..
1476
Indianapolis Plumbing
and Heating
Co
1615
Indianapolis Regalia Co ..
1577
Indianapolis Tool and Mnfg Co.
1579
Inland Ornamental Iron Works ..
.1482
Isensee Oliver W.
1577 and 1626
Jackson J W & Sons
1595
Jackson Lafayette A .... left bottom lines
Jacobs Frank F
1649
Jenkins Transfer and Storage Co .... 1645
Joiner Joseph.
.left top cor cards
Jose-Balz Co ..
.right bottom cor cards
Keeport A B & Co .. left bottom cor cards
Keller Julius Construction
Co
1460
Kennedy Patrick W.
1498
Knickerbocker Auto Co.
.right
bottom
lines
Kotteman Wm Co.
left top
lines
Kottlowski E F Co.
1522
Laakmann Fred H.
1520
Lambert Coal and Coke Co
1457
Langsenkamp Frank H.
1461
Hardacre N B & Son
.1521
Harlan Isaac N ....
.right bottom
lines
Leider Jac ...
1601
Lieber H Co The.
.. right top cor cards
Life Insurance Co of Virginia.
.left bottom lines
Lightford & Forster
1605
Lockwood Virgil H.
1604
Mccullough John G .... left top cor cards
McDonnell & Sons.
1587
McDougall George M.
1569
McNamara-Koster Foundry Co.
right top lines and
S
McNeely & Son.
1485
Maas-Neimeyer Lumber Co.
right top cor
cards
Mack F J & Co.
1598
Magee R W & Co.
1487
Mahan H B Co ..
1602
.
Majestic Life Assurance Co
... embossed line back cover and 1466
Malott Coal and Lime Co The
1516
Mansfield Engineering Co ....
.right top lines and 1457
Market Place Stables
1576
Mayer George J ...
.left bottom cor cards and
S
Hatfield Electric Co
1536
Hayes Bros.
1615
Heal W E Audit Co. 1449
Heeb E J ...... right bottom lines and 4 Herbsleb A F. 1605 Herrington I H. 647 Hogan-Carse Construction Co opp
70
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS.
Page.
Meiere Fred M Co. opp 914 10
Melaun Ernst ....
Meyer A B & Co ...... right bottom lines
Miller Thomas E. 1605
Miller Wm E. 1478
Mockford Thomas E. 1576
Modern Die and Tool Co. 1579
Moller Gustav 1602
Monter . Fred. 1480
Moore-Mansfield Construction Co ..
.right top lines and 1457
Moore W Scott & Co.
1486
Morris Charles 1486
Morrison L E & Co. . right top cor cards Mueller Fred A. .1636
Myers Henry. 1587
National Boiler and Sheet Iron Works
The. .right top lines and 1499
National Correspondence Schools .... 4
National Insulating and Mnfg Co ... .right top cor cards. National Motor Vehicle Co ....
.right top cor cards
National Sign Co The ...
.1475
National Veneer and Lumber Co. opp 1579
Nesom & Wenz Co ..
.1605
Nessler Frank & Co ..
.1479
'Neuronhurst" Sanatorium ... . . .. .opp 510
New Jersey Plate Glass Ins Co ..
Noble R P. .right bottom cor cards
.1511 Nordyke & Marmon Co. . inside back cover "Norways" Sanatorium. .. .opp 12.43 Norwich and London Accident Insur- ance Assn .. .left bottom cor cards and 1469 Nuerge Charles & Co ... 1596
Ocean Accident and Guarantee Cor-
poration (Ltd) opp 1412
Over Ewald. 1544
Overall Laundry 1569
Overland Automobile Co.
right bottom cor cards
Page Lida Pursell. 1528
Parks Earl P ..
.left top
lines
Patterson Electric Co 1535
Pease-Buzatt Construction Co 1519
Perry & Bock ..
1579
Phillips H R Co. 1475
Pioneer Brass Works. 7
Polk R L & Co .... opp inside back cover Price Bros Company. .right bottom cor cards
Prunk Frank H.
1556
Prunk Harriet Augusta. 1462
Quick Exchange Realty Co.
.left bottom cor cards Quick F E Photo Co. .1606 Quick Photo and Engraving Co The. . 1465 Quigley John A .. 1602
Ralph W E & Co. 1458
Ranje Hugh H. 1526
Rayno Rollin Prof. .1643
Reedy D V & Co .... back cover and 1464
Rehm & Olin .... right top lines and 1467 Reiner Herbert H. 1547
Roch Tobias.
16
Rohan David. 1636
Rost Carl L ..
1470
Rough Notes Co The
opp
1125
Royster & Askin ..
1546
Rubush & Hunter.
1486
Wilhite Wm A ..
1576
Sachs Wm G. 1600
Sanborn-Marsh Electric Co The. 1537 Sanford Arthur ... 1461 Sanitary Odorless Co. 1648 Sargent Paint and Color Co. 1601 Schiffling Albert. 1626 Schneiderman Tailor 1462 Schuck Samuel. 10 Sears Bros Co. 1474
Security Trust Co.
. bottom stencil end and opp 1171
Sedam & Wininger.
1522
Selvage Jos W & Co.
... backbone. opp 1174 and opp 1563
Miller Oil and Supply Co
1594
Shaw Hempstead C.
1517
Shute Hamlin L.
1523
Silvius E T & Co.
1604
Sinker-Davis Co The. .1498
Sipe J C ... .. .left top cor cards
Skillman Electric Co
1535
Smith Harry W
1455
Smith H E Co.
left side lines
Smith O H
opp 1558
Smith Theodore W .. 1511
Smither Henry C Roofing Co. . left top lines Smither T F Gravel Roofer 1625 Somerville Laundry Co. 14
Spaunhurst Institute of Osteopathy.
. left
top
lines
Stafford Engraving Co .... right top
lines
Standard Metal Co The .... left top lines
Standard Sign Co ..
.1600
Standard Tea and Grocery Co
.left bottom lines
Star Store.
5
Starr Piano Co The .... left top cor cards State Life Insurance Co The .... opp 1236 Sterne Albert E. .opp 1243 Stewart Dr J B Sanitarium The ... right bottom cor cards
Sullivan Fuel Co. :
.. 1517
Swiss Cleaners and Dyers. . right side lines
Taggart Baking Co.
1491
Terre Haute Brewing Co.
.left bottom
lines
Thiele L C Co.
1465
Thompson Supply Co
.1454
Thornton-Levey Co.
.right side lines
Tutewiler & Son ..
.left bottom lines
Typewriter Exchange.
1647
Underhill Robert W . left bottom lines and 1508 Union Co-operative Laundry right side lines Union Detective Bureau. .right bottom lines and 1529 Union National Bank. .right bottom cor cards
Union Trust Co The.
. opp 1324
United Fourth Vein Coal Co.
.opp 1514
U S Bank Safe Co ..
1626
United States Casualty Co.
1562
United States Gypsum Co. 8
Van Camp Hardware and Iron Co ....
.opp
1327
Victor Frederick C. .opp 1334 Vonnegut Hardware Co. . left bottom lines Vories Business College. . front cover
Wachs Frederick W 1651
Walker Walter. L .. 1613
Walnut Lumber Co The.
.opp
1578
Webster's Detective Agency
.left side lines
Weddle & Stockdale. 1477
Weinland Albert H. 1644
Wells A H. ..
1626
Wernsing George
1637
Western Audit Co. .
1449
Western Machine Works.
1473
When Clothing Co ...
.left side lines
Whitehead & Hoag Co The.
1485
Williamson G Warren
1606
Winslow Wm W.
1455
Winter Charles R. .
1615
Wocher John & Bro
1412
Wood Charles H
1471
opp
Wood John F .. .... left bottom cor cards and 1469
Woodworth Walter J ..
.right top lines
Worley & Dawson.
.right side lines
Worthington Robert.
.1508
Wulschner-Stewart Music Co ..
.left top cor cards
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The Commercial Club
COEMMRCIAL CLUB BUILDING 28 SOUTH MERIDIAN STREET
A COMMERCIAL AND CIVIC ORGANIZATION composed of the leading business and professional men of the city, which stands for the betterment of Indianapolis. Its mission is to give encouragement in a public way to every branch of manu- facture and trade ; to lend its influence in shaping legislation in the interest of Indianapolis and the State at large ; to advertise the city and exploit its many advantages as a manufacturing center and place of residence. Information relative to Indianapolis will be furnished on application to
ROBERT G. MCCLURE, Secretary, Commercial Club Building
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Indianapolis of To-Day
As Viewed by the Commercial Club
Fire protection and water supply are of the very best.
Indianapolis is the fifth largest publishing city in America.
Indianapolis is noted for its freedom from labor strikes and disturb- ances.
All freight depots are located in the heart of the city, within a radius of four squares.
A Belt Railroad surrounds the city, expediting shipments and furnish- ing factory sites.
It has one hundred and seventy-five churches, with a membership of seventy thousand.
Indianapolis is the sixth city in the United States as a pork and beef packing house center.
Indianapolis has an area of 30.77 square miles, the elevation above sea- level varying from 714 to 832 feet.
One-fourth of the population of the United States is within a radius of three hundred miles of Indianapolis.
There are eight public parks within the city limits, covering 1,31 I acres, and three just outside, with 310 acres.
Our two-million-dollar United States Court House and Post Office is the most modern and complete in America.
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INDIANAPOLIS TO-DAY
Indianapolis has the largest and most imposing monument ever erected by any government in honor of its soldier dead.
Four hundred and eighty-five steam and electric passenger trains enter our Union Station and Traction Terminal daily.
We have at the present time 168 miles of sewers, with sanitary condi- tions the best ; 125 miles of paved streets, and 255 miles of water mains.
Headquarters of the Independent and Bell Telephone systems. Rates for offices and stores, $2.00 to $3.50 per month ; residences, $1.50 to $2.00.
Forty-five hotels afford accommodations to all visitors, even during the many conventions that are held here, and which are of such frequency as to average one for each day in the year.
There is no better labor market in the world. There are 45,500 people employed in the city by the manufacturing industries. Of this number fully 30,000 may be called skilled mechanics.
Indianapolis has one hundred and fifty-five miles of electric street rail- road, under one system (at a four-cent fare, with transfer), a greater mileage in proportion to the population than that of any other city.
The honor of being the largest inland city in the country still rests with Indianapolis. Situated within thirty-five miles of the center of popu- lation, and possessing a most wonderful system of steam and electric rail- roads, it has a location of unsurpassed advantage.
Indianapolis made wonderful progress in 1908 in a commercial way. Many new industries were established, both in manufacturing and mer- cantile lines. There are to-day fully 1,100 manufacturing plants employ- ing five or more persons-some of them giving employment to 2,000 persons.
Indianapolis is recognized by educators as having a model school sys- tem. Visitors come to our city daily to investigate its merits. We have sixty-five public schools, two high schools (one academic and one manual training), four colleges and academies, a large central library, with eight branch stations.
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INDIANAPOLIS TO-DAY
Indianapolis has seven national banks, with an aggregate capital of five million dollars, and surplus and undivided profits of over three million. Two of the national banks have a capital of $1,000,000 each, and one of $1,500.000. The total resources of the national banks and trust companies aggregate $70,000,000.
This city is the greatest interurban center in the world, all the lines terminating in the magnificent Traction Terminal Station, which is the only exclusive station for electric lines in the world. By means of steam and trolley transportation one and one-half million people are within two hours' ride of Indianapolis.
The largest industries of Indianapolis are engine and boiler shops, mill machinery and saw manufactories, structural iron and bridge works, foun- dries and machine shops, carriage and automobile manufactories, beef and pork packing houses, cotton and woolen mills. However, we can claim that no city, possibly, in the world, has a larger variety of industries.
The census shows that the city within her corporate limits has a popu- lation of less than 250,000 people, but the network of steam and electric roads centering in Indianapolis, offering very low passenger rates, and quick, convenient transportation, together with the attractive features of the retail stores themselves, make the city the principal shopping center for a territory inhabited by two million people.
Indianapolis has long been known as the city of homes. A relatively greater number of residents own their homes than in almost any other American city. There is a total absence of the foreign floating element, and of the disturbances frequently found in the various seaboard and in- terior ports. This is not a closely built city, and with its wide streets and alleys, the various houses receive an unusual amount of air and sunshine.
Indianapolis is within fifty miles of the most extensive coal fields in America, and is the center of the Indiana coal trade, which is daily grow- ing into larger volume. The main offices of nearly all the Indiana coal mines are located at Indianapolis, and the contracts for the production of coal are made here. Steam coal for factory use is laid down at the plant of the consumer at about $1.25 per ton, a price which is not duplicated, qual- ity considered, by any other city of our class.
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INDPE'S & CINCINNATI, SHELBYVILLE LINE
INDPI'S a CINCINNATI RUSHVILLE LINE
PENN. (INDPI'S DIVISION) PITTSBURG
BIG 4. NEW CASTLE SPRINGFIELD DIVISION
PEOP
INDPL'S & EASTERN NEW CASTLE DIVISION INDPLS NEW CASTLE & TOLEDO
NEW CASTLE
TOLEDO
SPRINGFIELD
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INDIANAPOLIS
INDIAN A UNION THAT. CO. MUNCIE-WINCHESTER-DAYTON DIV.
PORTLAND
DANY
INDOL'S CRAWFORDSVILLE & WESTERN INDPL'S 8 DANVILLE
INDPI'S & WESTERN TRACTION CO.
BIG 4 PEORIA DIVISION.
CH & D. SPRINGFIELD DIVISION
NOISING SINOT 15 + 018 PENN. (VANDALIA LINE) ST. LOUIS DIV.
PENN VINCENNES DIVISION
BIG 4 CINCINNATI DIVISION
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INDIAN UNIONTRAL CO MUNCIE PORTLAND DIVISION
INDIANA UNIUN TRAC. CO MUNCIE DIVISION
RICHMOND
Showing Indianapolis as a Steam Rail Road and Interurban Center, at this date 43 Independent Lines Enter Our City, 18 Steam and 25 Interurban.
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INDIANAPOLIS STREET RAILWAY LINES
The marginal letters of the alphabet in the Street Directory refer to the nearest street car line. To find what car runs nearest to a given number, find the street and number in the Directory and refer back from the marginal letter to the corresponding letter in the following street railway lines :
A Pennsylvania Street Line.
From cor Georgia and Illinois n on Illi- nois to Washington, e on Washington to Pennsylvania, n on Pennsylvania to Six- teenth, e on Sixteenth to Talbott av, n on Talbott av to Twenty-second. Returning, cars s on same track to Meridian and Washington, s on Meridian to Georgia, w on Georgia to Illinois.
A1 Lexington Avenue Line.
From cor Illinois and Washington s to Maryland, e on Maryland to Vir- ginia av, s e on Virginia av to Pine, n e on Pine to Lexington av, s e and e on Lex- ington av to Villa av. Returning, on same track to Virginia av and Wash- ington, w on Washington to Illinois.
B Central Avenue Line.
From cor Georgia and Illinois to Wash- ington, e on Washington to Pennsylvania, n on Pennsylvania to Massachusetts av, n e on Massachusetts av to Alabama, n on Alabama to Ft Wayne av, n e on Ft Wayne av to Central av, n on Central av to Thirty-fourth. In order to go north of Thirty-fourth take Central av car marked Mapleton or Fair Grounds.
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